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Nico¹

  • /ˈniːkoʊ/ US
  • /ˈniːkəʊ/ UK

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the male given names Nicolas, Nicola, Nikos, etc. To become one of the iconic models of the era, he felt she needed a new name. Tobias had been in love with the Greek director Nico Papatakis, who had been married to the French actress Anouk Aimeé. To honor Papatakis, in 1956 Tobias gave his protégé the name Nico.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Nichola.

Nico²

  • /ˈnɪkoʊ/ US
  • /ˈnɪkəʊ/ UK

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Variant of Nick + -o.

proper noun

  1. UK A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas. No country was ever better served than Britain by our two key diplomats at this time: Sire Anthony Parsons, Britain's UN Ambassador and Sir Nicolas (Nico) Henderson, our Ambassador in Washington, both possessed precisely those qualities of intelligence, toughness, style and eloquence that the situat

NICO³

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of National Insurance Contributions Office

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: nice, single, nick, nikko, niko, nickolas, nicolette, nicky, nicolas, nicos, niki, nicholine, nikolai, nikolas, nikos, nicki

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Nico. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/nico

Chicago

"Nico." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nico.

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@misc{nico_2026,
  title = {Nico},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nico},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}